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IF students at Northwestern Law School need to find out who their baby daddy is, or want to date their cousin, they’re in luck – Jerry Springer‘s coming to town.

But most of the humorless grinds are upset with the choice of the raunchy talk-show host, who graduated the school in ’68, as commencement speaker – maybe because he was forced to resign from the Cincinnati City Council after paying for sex with a personal check in 1974, and slept with porn queen Kendra Jade in 1998.

“There is a current uproar in the graduating class. The graduation committee thought Jerry would be the appropriate speaker for this year’s convocation. Most of the student body is opposed to this, but the administration is sticking by the committee’s decision,” reports Above the Law, a popular blog among law students and lawyers.

The school’s dean, David Van Zandt, defended the choice, saying, “Mr. Springer is an alumnus who has held public office as a city council member and mayor of Cincinnati. We look forward to his participation.”

But the class of ’08 is now venting on the site, leaving comments bashing Springer and his trashy Chicago-based talk show.

“Opponents should chant ‘You suck!’ when he is introduced,” wrote one commenter. Another suggested chanting, “Jerry! Jerry!” – like the audience does during his show. “Wow, the fact that people are defending this schmuck as a speaker makes me want to cry. Jerry Springer: prime example of the degradation of the human race for money,” wrote another.

“This man exploits stupid, poor, desperate people for holier-than-thous to laugh at and belittle,” said yet another.

But Springer does have a few supporters. “This could make the best graduation ever. Better still if two hotties (preferably lesbian) rip each other’s robes off,” wrote one fan.